Bloomberg Businessweek ranks Xavier's part-time MBA program among the nation's best

Xavier's is the only regional MBA program to receive the ranking for 2013 | November 12, 2013

The Williams College of Business' part-time MBA program is ranked among the best in the nation in Bloomberg Businessweek’s annual ranking of the nation’s part-time MBA programs for 2013.

The part-time MBA program is ranked No. 63 among 78 schools included in the rankings. Carnegie Mellon took the top spot in the rankings, which included UC-Berkley, Southern Methodist University, UCLA and Elon among the top five.

Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of the nation’s top MBA programs is available at the Bloomberg website.

Schools are ranked in six categories—student survey, academic quality, outcomes, curriculum, teaching quality and classmates—as well as additional statistics about each program. Xavier's program is rated best for its "career advancers," and its completion rate is 77 percent.

The College’s business programs have consistently been recognized for their quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks the part-time MBA program one of the best in the nation and ranks the International Business and Executive MBA programs at 19th and its program in Finance at No. 22. The Princeton Review has named the Xavier MBA program outstanding since 2007 in its annual publication, The Best Business Schools.